UNH student allowed to return to dorm (Is free speech dead?)

The Union Leader ^ | November 4, 2004 | BRIAN DEKONING

[Cincinatus' Wife]

DURHAM — Timothy Garneau can move back in to a University of New Hampshire dorm and stop living in his car after school officials dropped further sanctions imposed on him for joking about female freshmen gaining weight.

The UNH sophomore said yesterday that Esther Tardy-Wolfe, director of UNH's Judicial and Mediation Programs Office, told him he can relocate to Gibbs Hall but not move back in to his former dorm, Stoke Hall.

"I wish I was back in my original room but at the same time, it's a relief to be somewhere to be able to put your clothes in a drawer and be able to sleep somewhere," Garneau said yesterday.

Citing federal privacy law, UNH officials have declined to comment on Garneau's case. UNH President Ann Weaver Hart maintained that position yesterday.

Garneau has been living in his 1994 Ford Contour and staying with friends since he was banned from campus housing Oct. 24 for posting fliers in his Stoke Hall dorm on Sept. 3 that read, "9 out of 10 freshman girls gain 10 - 15 pounds. But there is something you can do about it. If u live below the 6th floor takes the stairs Not only will u feel better about yourself but you will also be saving us time and wont be sore on the eyes."(sic)"

[Cincinatus' Wife]

GARNEAU

[FormerACLUmember]

Score:

Mr. Garneau: 1

Fat-*ssed freshmen and Fat-*ssed administration: 0

[coconutt2000]

This is the kind of humor that is funny, when there are no feminists around. And I have yet to meet a skinny college girl who doesn't make fun of the freshman 15, that other girls seem to suffer from.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

He didn't take it sitting down.

As usual the administration overreacted.

Details in the, rest of the story.

[AmericanMade1776]

I will tell you what is dead at the University of New Hampshire's higher ups.....a sense of humor. Talk about an overreaction!

[NaughtiusMaximus]

UNH girls are pleasingly plump. So there. (Have another jelly doughnut and a midol you softig babes you.)

[Cincinatus]

Garneau, a political science major who hopes to become a lawyer,

With diplomatic skills of his caliber, I might suggest a position at State or maybe even the United Nations.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Institutions of higher learning are bending over backwards for feminists.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

How will they ever survive the real world?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

No kidding!


LOL

[NaughtiusMaximus]

In my experience the more fortunate will marry dentists and become suburban soccer moms. A week of swing shifts on the housewares floor of Walmart will knock the academic BS out of the others. :)

[TaxRelief]

With diplomatic skills of his caliber, I might suggest a position at State or maybe even the United Nations.

Are you suggesting he should bow to "political correctness" and become just another lying politician?

[Cincinatus]

I was making a joke. It's something called humor. Might want to check it out sometime.

[monday]

"UNH denied Garneau's first appeal of the charges but made an unusual move last week to drop all but the lying charges against Garneau and informed him that he would be eligible for campus housing if he did not appeal the finding.

UNH also imposed sanctions against Garneau, including probation through May 30, 2006, a mandatory ethics meeting with a judicial office official by Nov. 15, counseling, and writing a 3,000-word reflection essay.

Garneau appealed the decision that found him responsible for lying and UNH responded yesterday, notifying him that they still found he lied but that Garneau can live on campus and does not have to write the essay or attend counseling, according to Greg Lukianoff, FIRE's director of legal and public advocacy."

Ha... glad I read the rest. He shouldn't let them off so easy. I would threaten to sue unless they offer a public apology and promise to change their policies. He wants to be a lawyer. This is his chance.

[TaxRelief]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!